BUY ONE BOOK, RECEIVE ANOTHER AS A BONUS

Hurry: offer ends 12/31/10

Purchase one of these:

Malt Whisky Yearbook 2011 | $20.99
Malt Whisky Yearbook 2011 lists hundreds of whisky shops, whisky sites and new bottlings. Included are a comprehensive summary of the whisky year that was and all the latest statistics. Nearly 200 tasting notes describing the flavor of single malts from all working distilleries in Scotland and Ireland.

Bottled History | Was $60.00, Now $49.99  
By Ian Macilwain. Vestiges of a disappearing era in Scottish malt whisky distilleries. Visit bottledhistory.com for a preview of this masterpiece. Not available anywhere else in the US!

Japanese Whisky | Was $60.00, Now $49.95
This book portrays all distilleries involved in the foundation of a unique chapter in the global history of whisky making. Some of these entities are gone; others are still operating at full steam.

Bourbon in Kentucky: A History of Distilleries in Kentucky
By Chester Zoeller. Believed to be the most authoritative history of bourbon distilleries in Kentucky. Many rare photographs accompany Zoeller’s thorough text.

Then select one of these as a bonus:

99 Drams of Whiskey | Retails at $24.95
Hopkins entertains and educates readers on whiskey’s place in history. As an added bonus, she discusses the fine art of distilling, the proper ways to drink whiskey, and provides tasting notes on different brands.

Goodness Nose | Retails at $19.99
Richard Paterson’s grandfather and father were both prominent in the Scotch whisky industry in Glasgow for decades before Richard joined a competing whisky brokerage firm to start his apprenticeship.

Imbibe | Retails at $13.63
A lively, historically informed, and definitive guide to classic American cocktails. David Wondrich presents the colorful, little-known history of classic American drinks-and the ultimate mixologist’s guide-in this engaging homage to Jerry Thomas, father of the American bar.

Visit maltadvocate.com by 12/31/10 to take advantage the Buy One Book, Get a Bonus offer!

Visit www.maltadvocate.com today. Prices are good until 12/31/10. Quantities are limited, so don’t delay. Get your favorite whisky enthusiast’s gift now! 

Bushmills Irish Whiskey…$16.99
Canadian LTD 1.75L…$11.99
Chivas Regal Scotch…$18.99
Cutty Sark Scotch 1.75L…$19.99
Early Times 1.75L…$16.99
House Of Stuart Scotch 1.75L…$14.99
Jameson Irish Whiskey 1.75L…$34.99
Johnnie Walker Blue Label…$159.99
Johnnie Walker Black Label 1.75L…$49.99
Seagram’s Crown Royal…$17.99
Seagram’s VO 1.75L…$17.99
Southern Comfort 1.75L…$19.99

Don’t forget to use your Binny’s Card! Get discounts on mixed case wine purchases and work towards a 2% rebate on every $500 of eligible purchases. Get your free card at a Binny’s near you.

Visit Binny’s at www.binnys.com

Laphroaig Ambassador Simon Brooking recently shared the below video links, created based on conversations heard amongst our Friends of Laphroaig. We thought you might enjoy the videos – feel free to pass along to fellow Friends and Laphroaig lovers.

Enjoy and Happy Holidays!

http://www.laphroaig.com/fatherandson/

http://www.laphroaig.com/TheGift

In the final episode of 2010, we’ll take a look back at some of the year’s more memorable moments. In the news, Tuthilltown Spirits founder Ralph Erenzo is hospitalized in critical condition after a car accident, Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey has been sold, new whiskies from BenRiach and Glengoyne, and the real person in charge at Bruichladdich is retiring.

Vust WhiskyCast at www.whiskycast.com

Whisky Intelligence has recently joined the world of Facebook  at  http://www.facebook.com/WhiskyIntelligence 

and  is also on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/whiskyintel 

so if you are so inclined follow along. Go on, click the “Like” button…just off to the right of this page…Whisky Intelligence is looking for a crowd…

Ralfy from www.ralfy.com shares some festive Spirit opinions about older Blended Scotch. To be specific,   … whisky review 173 – Ballantines 17yo .. an articulate, region-trotting Scotch with complexity.

Maltstock supports Serious Request  
 
Help the Red Cross in the fight against Aids. The Dutch radio station 3FM is currently raising money for this very good cause. One of the ways to raise money is to have a big auction. People can enter whatever they would like to have auctioned and all the money goes to the Red Cross.

A group of Dutch whisky ambassadors is supporting Serious Request with a very special auction: a tasting with the crème de la crème of Dutch whisky ambassadors and their whisky. A once in a lifetime experience!

Maltstock is supporting this by offering everybody at this tasting a 10% discount to Maltstock 2011. And there will be two free tickets to be won at this tasting.

So please visit the link below and start bidding. This will be a very special and fantastic tasting for you and your friends, your club, your colleagues, your family. It will be great fun! And you are supporting the fight against Aids.

Thank you all and have a merry malty Christmas season!

You can place your bid here:
http://cgi.ebay.nl/Eenmalige-Unieke-whisky-tasting-/130468483805?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_146&hash=item1e608712dd

More information on the Serious Request campaing:
http://rodekruis.nl/campagnes/3fm-serious-request-2010/Paginas/default.aspx?gclid=CPDlt7LghKYCFcgL3godT1hJoQ

Behind the blend with Ludo Grant’s Global Ambassador

The freezing point of Scotch whisky

Hi all,

As most of Europe is experiencing one of the coldest winters on record and temperatures plummeted to -19C in Dufftown last night, I have been asked many times about the whisky that is maturing in our warehouses. Can it freeze, is the big question?

In a nutshell, the answer is no. The temperature in our warehouses doesn’t vary as much as it does outside from season to season. There is simply so much whisky in each warehouse (up to 50,000 casks in our newer ones) that it takes a long time for the temperature of so much liquid to change. The climate inside our warehouses is therefore a lot more constant than it is outside.

Please visit http://blog.grantswhisky.com/2010/12/freezing-point-scotch-whisky/ to read the rest of Ludo’s excellent article on this subject.

Merry Christmas from BenRiach and GlenDronach.

It’s been a hectic time for us over the past few weeks. With the exciting new expressions going into production and the release of GlenDronach Batch 3, there hasn’t been a quiet moment. The 60cm of snowfall has made things a little tricky at both distilleries, but whilst many parts of the country have ground to a halt, we have battled on through the big freeze, and the whisky making process has continued unabated.